Carolyn L. Engelhard, M.P.A.

Assistant Professor
Masters Programs
M.P.A., Public Administration, University of Virginia, 1988

P.O. Box 800717
Tel: 1-434-982-6744
Fax: 1-434-924-8437
Email: cle6z@virginia.edu
Health System West Complex Room 3897

Expertise:

Health policy analysis including: private and public health coverage; expenditures in the organization and financing of medical services; quality issues in health care; patient safety and medical errors; and changes in health workforce.

Research Interests:

Ms. Engelhard has recently (April 2007) co-authored (with Dean Garson)a book on the U.S. Health Care System, entitled, "Health Care Half-Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality." Ms. Engelhard's academic activities include studying and monitoring changes in health policy at the federal and state governmental levels, providing technical and academic services to agencies within the Commonwealth of Virginia, and teaching in both the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine.

Ms. Engelhard has presented extensively and written about the Clinton Administration health care effort and its demise, the social policy implications of the expansion of corporate managed health care delivery systems, and current issues in governmentally financed health programs.

Over the last few years, Ms. Engelhard has coordinated two studies that were the result of state legislative mandates: one on long-term care quality concerns in nursing homes, and one on the inclusion of pain management curricula in the Commonwealth's medical schools. In addition, she provided technical support on projects examining coordination of health care services for the poor elderly and assisted in the annual evaluations of the state's federally sponsored health insurance program for children.

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • PHS 710, Health Policy and Management (2x/year)
  • HES 720, Health Policy, Organization, and Administration (with Dean Tim Garson, Ed Howell, Peg van Bree)
    • GME Certificate Program, Health Policy Module (J-term) GME Elective and Ambulatory Seminar Series, Internal Medicine residency program (all year)

Other Information:

Board member, Charlottesville Free Clinic Advisory board member, MTPCI Program (UVASOM)

Other Appointments:

Assistant Professor of Medical Education Health Policy Analyst

Recent Publications

2. Engelhard, C. (2005). “Pain or Gain? Health Policy in the Coming Year.” House Call (Charlottesville Free Clinic Newsletter), Fall 2005.

3. Engelhard, C. (2005). “Health Policy and the “New” Ownership Society: Echoes of the Past.” Biolaw, Vol. 7, 2005.

4. Garson A., and Engelhard C. (2007). “Attacking Obesity.” Viewpoint, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 49(16):1673-1675.

5. Engelhard C. and Garson A. (2007). “In the Shadow of Cost Containment: Americans, Affordability, and Health Reform.” American Heart Hospital, Vol 5(1, Winter):6-9.

6. Engelhard C. (2007). THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE?: A Review of President Bush’s Health Insurance Proposal. Biolaw, Spring.

1. Garson, A and C. Engelhard (2007). “Health Care Half-Truths: Too Many Myths, Not Enough Reality.” Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.